Maxwell Exsted (born March 12, 2007) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 1,016 and a best doubles ranking of No. 341, both achieved on March 16, 2026.
Exsted won the boys' doubles titles at the 2024 and 2025 editions of the Australian Open.
From Savage, Minnesota, Exsted started taking tennis lessons in his early childhood. He won his first junior tennis tournament at the age of four.
Exsted relocated with his parents, Christian and Jodi, to Miramar, Florida to train with private coach Courtney Scott at the USTA National Campus in Orlando. He has two siblings, Alex and Isabelle, who both played collegiate tennis.
With Darwin Blanch and Jagger Leach, Exsted was part of the American team which finished third at the 2023 Junior Davis Cup.
Exsted also had good results on the ITF junior circuit, maintaining a 120âÂÂ68 singles win-loss record. In January 2024, he won the boys' doubles category at the Australian Open, with compatriot Cooper Woestendick. The pair also won the J300 Traralgon International doubles competition together two weeks earlier.
The following season, Exsted earned another major jr. trophy in doubles, and successfully defended his title in Melbourne, this time alongside Czech Jan Kumstát.
He reached an ITF junior combined ranking of No. 12 on January 20, 2025.
In August 2025, Exsted received a wildcard to the men's doubles event at the 2025 US Open, with compatriot and friend Cooper Woestendick. The American pair caused a shock upset win against experienced players David Goffin and Alexandre Muller in the first round. They were defeated in the second round by sixth seeds and eventual runners-up Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski.